Amanda Ulmer, LPC-MH, LPC
South Dakota · 6 years in practice
Amanda Ulmer is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges.
License and registration
- LPC-MH, South Dakota
- LPC-MH30722 · expires November 2026
- LPC, Arizona
- LPC-23366 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1306624721 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Amanda
Amanda Ulmer is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges. She is listed as LPC-MH and LPC and brings a calm, straightforward approach to sessions. Amanda emphasizes acceptance and respect in the room.
She listens carefully and helps clients name what feels hard. Conversations are grounded and practical so people can try small changes between sessions. Her background includes six years of clinical experience in South Dakota working with concerns like parenting stress, low self-esteem, and depression.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment struggles, and family of origin issues. Amanda draws on several therapeutic approaches to match a client's needs. In practice she uses elements from Existential therapy to help people examine meaning and choice in their lives.
Attachment-based ideas guide work around closeness and trust. Cognitive behavioral tools and skills from dialectical behavior therapy are used when teaching emotion regulation and coping strategies. Amanda aims to create a respectful space where people can talk through hard topics such as codependency, guilt, body image, and communication problems.
She focuses on helping clients identify small, doable steps toward feeling more capable and connected. The pace is set by each person she sees.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Existential therapy helps people examine meaning, values, and the choices they make in life. It can be useful for those feeling empty, stuck, or unsure about their direction. Attachment-based therapy focuses on patterns of closeness and trust and is often used when people want to improve how they relate to others or work through abandonment and attachment concerns.These approaches are combined with practical techniques from client-centered care and cognitive behavioral ideas, and Amanda will work collaboratively to find the best fit. She will listen to goals and preferences, try approaches that feel right, and adjust based on what helps most. Deciding on a method is a shared process rather than a one-time choice.
Online therapy sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. The variety of formats makes it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, or other daily routines.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting issues, self-esteem struggles, and depression. Additional focuses include attachment issues, codependency, body image, and family of origin concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is accepting and down-to-earth. She blends existential reflection with practical skills from CBT and DBT to help people make clearer choices and manage emotions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of professional experience working in South Dakota. That work included supporting clients with emotion regulation, motivation, and relationship problems.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC-MH and LPC credentials and practices in South Dakota.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
What steps start the process?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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